Crime reports in Seattle 5 TIMES higher amid ‘narcotics use & violent crime’ in CHOP zone

Seattle saw a 525-percent spike in crime reports due to violence and turmoil within the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone, according to figures released by the city’s mayor as she authorized police to clear the site.

Mayor Jenny Durkan’s executive order to oust the protesters from the self-proclaimed six-block cop-free zone states the “narcotics use and violent crime, including rape, robbery, assault, and increased gang activity” since ‘CHOP’ first appeared in early June.

In less than a month, the self-declared “autonomous zone” has seen two deadly shootings and a serious hike in reported incidents of crime. Two black teens, aged 16 and 19, were shot dead in separate incidents. For comparison, that’s how many were recorded in the entire Capitol Hill neighborhood in all of the previous year.

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